Abstract: There are two kinds of injustice: the first is found in those who do an injury; the second in those who fail to protect another from injury when they can. (Cicero, De Offiis I, vii trans. Michael Winterbottom, 1994) Non-state actors are increasingly getting involved in the affairs of developing nation-states thus altering the nature of state sovereignty. This research attempts to investigate the evolving concept of state sovereignty in the context of the African Union’s intervent...
Abstract: Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a human rights violation and a manifestation of gender inequality, undermining the global development agenda. Over the years, various countries worldwide including Kenya, have enacted several laws and policies to prohibit FGM, which not only affects the physical health of victims but also impacts their mental health. However, despite the criminalization of FGM, the practice continues in some communities in Kenya. The main purpose of the study was ...
Abstract: Feminist foreign policy began in 2014 with the first large-scale implementation of the foreign policy taking place in Sweden. Governments of several developed nations have since taken on feminist foreign policy initiatives, finding the worldview that human rights are an imperative step in the commitment to international peace. This study aims to establish the merits and demerits of feminist foreign policy, using the example of Sweden’s feminist foreign policy, to assess whether t...
Abstract: On 16th October 2016, President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya decreed that the Makonde community should be included as Kenya’s 43rd tribe. The Makonde who had initially come to Kenya from Mozambique as from 1936 to work on sisal farms in coastal Kenya had been stateless ever since. Their inclusion as Kenya’s tribe meant they had crossed the rubicon; being the pioneer stateless community to be registered ever since the promulgation of the Constitution of Kenya in August 2010 showed pr...
Abstract: Extra-judicial killings have been of concern in Kenya, especially as the perpetrators are state agents, the National Police Service. Kenya is a signatory to key international human rights instruments and is therefore bound to respect and uphold the foundation documents of international human rights law. The study assessed the key international human rights instruments and the application on extra-judicial killings by the National Police Service in Kenya. The study objectives sought...
Abstract: the adoption of liberal constitutions that provide for extensive bills of rights in the world, there has been strong resistance among African countries to extend these rights to include minority groups, particularly the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTI) community. To date, same-sex sexual relations, particularly male to male sexual relations remain outlawed in more than two thirds of African countries, Kenya included. Although several African leaders h...
Abstract: On 15th January 2019, police responded to yet another terrorist attack which happened shortly before 4pm at the Dussit D2 hotel Complex on Riverside Drive, Nairobi, Kenya. The attack was claimed by Al-Shabaab militants and perpetrated by young persons of Kenyan origin on a soft target in the leafy suburbs of Westlands, Nairobi. Schools by their very nature are soft targets given the vulnerability of the larger part of their populations who have very little experience in life’s re...
ABSTRACT The study assessed the role of the mass media in peace building and conflict resolution in the Darfur region of Western Sudan. The study was guided by five objectives which included; to determine the profile of the respondents in regard to age, sex, education and occupation, to investigate the strategies used by the media in reporting conflict events in the Darfur region, to analyze the role of media in reporting conflict in Darfur, to examine the effects of the media on conflict r...
ABSTRACT This study was carried out to assess disabled learners’ access to primary education in I-Iamatjajab district, Mogadishu Somalia. Specifically the study sought to; determine the risks that disabled learners face while travelling to school in Mogadishu; establish how the school environment meet the needs of disabled learners in primary schools in Mogadishu; determine the challenges disabled learners face while studying in primary schools in Mogadishu. This study adopted a mixed met...
ABSTRACT The study sought to establish the relationship between implementation of children rights and child soldiering in Hawl-wadag, Mogadishu Somalia. This study was guided by three specific objectives, that included determining the i) implementation of children rights; ii) the level of child soldiering; iii) the relationship between the extent of implementation of children rights and child soldiering in Hawl-wadag, Mogadishu Somalia. This research employed descriptive correlational desig...
ABSTRACT The study was carried out on “the challenges to the protection of the right to work in private organizations in Uganda”. The research problem was to determine the faciors and laws that hinder the enjoyment of right to work in Uganda for the purpose of introducing reforms. The research objectives that guided the subject included examining the factors that hinder the enjoyment of the right to work, examining the laws necessary to reform the right to work in Uganda and the gaps th...
ABSTRACT This study examined the role of society on orphans’ education right, by taking case of Unguja North “A” District special in three villages that are Gamba, Chaani and Bandamaji. As such, the study treated variables that included the role of society and orphans’ educational right. Despite the existence of some human rights organization in Zanzibar, still the rights of orphans on education are said to be violated. Due to the prevailing poor economic conditions many families con...
ABSTRACT The background of the study explains the history of mass media back beyond the dawns of recorded history to the people that figured out that they could reach audience through painting picture on cave walls. Research objectives was(i) to identify demographic characteristics of the respondents (ii) to identify the level of media influence on children (iii) to identify the level of awareness of children’s rights(iv) to establish if there is a significance relation on independent var...
ABSTRACT The insurgency caused by Boko Haram’s insurgency is among the primary challenges faced by Nigeria. The group’s activities in the North have resulted in thousands of casualties, the displacement of more than one million people, the destruction of hundreds of schools, mosques, churches and government establishments and have ravaged the economy of the region. This study analyzed Boko Haram insurgency and Human Rights violation in North Eastern Nigeria. Accordingly, the study was g...
ABSTRACT This study examined the impact of war on the development of war-affected children in selected camps of Malakai, Upper Nile State, South Sudan. It was guided by three specific objectives: i)To analyse the influence of armed conflict on education and health; ii)To examine how armed conflict has affected the psychological, physical and mental development of children in Malakai, Upper Nile State, South Sudan; and iii),to identify challenges to children development in the camps. The stu...